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A petition calling for urgent council action on city safety and homelessness in Rotorua has garnered more than 1000 signatures in less than a week. Meredith Herbert has launched a petition calling for urgent action on homelessness and city safety from the council and Steve Chadwick. Photo: LDR / Rotorua Daily Post Petitioner Meredith Herbert has also invited mayor Steve Chadwick to organise or attend a public forum to hear peoples' experiences first hand. Chadwick says she understands the frustration around city safety, saying it was "top of mind", but stopped short of committing to a publ...

The mayor says she 'gets' the frustration and security is 'top of mind'.

Summer read: The people living in Rotorua's Kuirau Park: Inside their lives on the streets 28 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM 5 minutes to read The Rotorua Daily Post is bringing back some of the best premium stories of 2020. Every day we drive past them, but just what is it like for the streeties sitting at Kuirau Park each day. Journalist Kelly Makiha spends a few hours sitting on the grass and chatting to those with nowhere else to go. The cars drive past Kuirau Park and you see the looks on their faces. They can't believe what they're seeing. Some blatantly stare. Others try to be di...

Bay of Plenty homeless: More young people showing up on streets 21 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read The number of young people sleeping in parks and reserves, couch surfing and in emergency housing is on the rise in the Bay of Plenty, social agencies say. The reasons vary, from trauma to their family becoming homeless as a casualty of the housing crisis and the pandemic, and those at the coalface expect it to get worse. They say permanent accommodation specifically for young people and wrap-around services are needed. A Ministry of Housing and Urban Development report sa...